Mike Sheard
MBA (Royal Roads), ProfD (London Met)
Limited Term - Fall 2021
Mike Sheard's teaching experience includes a number of Colleges and Universities including The Justice Institute of BC, the Canadian Police College, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy, the Saskatchewan Police College, the Atlantic Police Academy, and at a number of American Police Departments and Cities. He is currently teaching in the Criminology Department at KPU.
Mike has over twenty-five years of experience including work as a consultant. His work experience includes Director at the University of British Columbia, Vice President of one of Canada’s most innovative international companies, and specialist in corporate risk and risk management.
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Courses taught
- CRIM 1101 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
- CRIM 2211 Introduction to Policing
- CRIM 2341 Canadian Criminal Justice Administration
- CRIM 2355 Police Deviance and Accountability
- CRIM 3118 White-Collar & Corporate Crime
- CRIM 4201 Community Safety and Crime Prevention
Areas of Interest
My focus has been on the practical applications of criminological theory, in keeping with the polytechnic aspects of KPU, ‘Where thought meets action.’ I am particularly interested in the broader areas of criminal justice policy and its relationship to governance and community development, police studies, and community-based research.
My teaching experience includes being a certified ski instructor through the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance where I have been teaching seasonally for over ten years at Whistler Blackcomb. Being a ski instructor has enhanced my teaching experience to include instructional techniques that combine technical understanding and the development of student learning skills, with a specific emphasis on techniques and strategies for effective assessment and differing learning styles, aimed at a range of levels of adult learners from around the globe.
Scholarly Work
- Sheard, M. (2019). Enterprise Risk Assessment: Security audits for workers compensation boards. WorkSafeNB, New Brunswick.
- Sheard, M. (2018). Tactical Communications: Defusing hostile behaviour. Research paper delivered to the Workers Compensation Boards of Saskatchewan, BC and Nova Scotia.
- Sheard, M. (2017). Defusing Hostile and Potentially Violent Behaviour. Research presented at WorkSafeBC 13th Annual Health Care Professional Conference, Vancouver, BC.
- Sheard, M. (2016). Police Governance in Canada: A parallax perspective. Submitted in fulfillment of Doctoral Program. John Grieve Centre, London Metropolitan University, December 7, 2016.
- Sheard, M. (2015). Case Study 7.9 Applying SARA to Crime and Disorder Problems. In Schneider, S. Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice, Second Edition. p. 355-356.
- Sheard, M. (2011). Governance and Leadership: Governance of Policing in Canada. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate Program. John Grieve Centre, London Metropolitan University.
- Sheard, M. (2011). Knowledge Based Policing: What does it mean to have a knowledge-based organization. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate Program. John Grieve Centre, London Metropolitan University.
- Sheard, M. (2010). Policing and Society in Context: Implications for accountability and governance in community safety delivered through partnership working and pluralisation of policing delivery. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate Program. John Grieve Centre, London Metropolitan University, London, UK, April 2010.
- Sheard, M. (2010). Research Methods Advanced: Social Science Research. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate Program. John Grieve Centre, London Metropolitan University, October 2010.
- Sheard, M. (2009). Leasing Fraud and Employee Dishonesty. Research paper presented to the Mercado Capital Corp office, Calgary, Alberta, February 5, 2009, and to Westminster Savings Credit Union at the Annual Credit Union Training Session, April 2009.
- Sheard, M. (2008). Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) for Community Development. Presented at the Canadian Association of Business Improvement Areas national conference. Vancouver, BC, May 2008.
- Sheard, M. (2006). Risk Management for Financial Institutions. The Financial Institutions Commission of BC. Annual Training Seminar, April 2006.
- Sheard, M. (2005). Conflict Resolution in the Workplace. In Nijmeh, R. ACQYR Conflict Resolution, Toronto, ON.
- Sheard, M. (2002). Impacts & Implications of Privacy Act Legislation. Paper presented at the American Society of Industrial Security, Toronto Ontario Chapter, Toronto, ON, May 2002.
- Sheard, M. (2002). Organizational Review and Environmental Scans. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MBA Program, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC.
- Sheard, M. (1998). The Elite Arcade: Taming a Crime Generator. Police Executive Research Forum Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998.
- Sheard, M. (1991). Report on Burglary Patterns: The Impact of Cul-de-Sacs. Delivered to Delta Municipal Planning Department, Delta, BC.
- In Cozens, Paul. (2008). New Urbanism, Crime and the Suburbs: A Review of the Evidence. Urban Policy and Research. Vol. 26, No. 4, 429–444, December 2008. Routledge. p. 435.